Books: Tropical &Topical

Early in the muzzy Nigerian August, one military junta took power from
another in yet another coup that by now has become more commonplace in
Africa than the tsetse fly. Whatever it is in the African climate or
mentality or its shaky institutions that makes so many governments so
susceptible to disintegration may never be very clearly understood.
Perhaps there are some clues to be found in a novel sourcea novel,
that is, by Chinua Achebe.